LITTLE ROCK (AP) - Lt. Gov. Bill Halter's campaign still owes him more than $572,000 in loans he made during his bid for the state's No. 2 spot last year, according to finance reports filed Monday.

Halter, a former Clinton administration official who ran for lieutenant governor after a brief run for governor, raised $213,431 during the past three months. He started the quarter with his campaign owing him more than $736,000.

Halter, a Democrat, defeated former Republican Senator Jim Holt of Springdale to win the lieutenant governor's office in November.

Halter has been trying to recoup his debts from the campaign as he's pushing to get a proposal on the 2008 ballot that would establish a state-run lottery that he said would fund $100 million annually in college scholarships.

A spokesman for Halter said a report for Hope for Arkansas, the lottery campaign run by the lieutenant governor, would be mailed to the state Ethics Commission Monday but would not be released until today. Last week, Halter announced a Little Rock developer and his family had pledged $300,000 to the lottery campaign but would not say how much the campaign has run in total.

Monday was the deadline for campaigns to file finance reports from last year's statewide campaigns.